Slideshow: Behind the Scenes at Fiske Planetarium

Some of my fondest memories from childhood are of me staring in awe upward into the infinite black as the constellations came alive and planets zoomed around me. My childhood brain was absolutely overcome by the awesome (and I don't use "awesome" lightly) experience of the planetarium dome in St. Louis.

The overlap alone among all the images makes me realize how complex a modern planetarium is. Planetarium shows are now like going to an IMAX theater only you end up with the crick in your neck from looking up so much.